In 1996, Toxic Bag Productions' groundbreaking line of sound effects CDs introduced Game Masters across all role-playing genres to the possibilities of adding ambience to their games with sound and music. Today those high-quality sound effects are available as mp3 downloads here at DriveThruRPG. In addition to our classic "Game Masters Collection" and "Battles" sounds we continue to provide new ambiences, music, backgrounds, and one-shot effects (spells, skirmishes, laser gun shots, and the like) for a variety of genres.

If you're a GM who strives to create an enriched and immersive environment for your players by incorporating sound into your games, we have the sounds to help you do that.

We're also the mad minds behind Specimen, a two-player card-driven board game of sci-fi horror, and the Battles of the Zombie Apocalypse book series.

Steve BaldwinAn accomplished sound designer for Chicago theatre, Steve has over fifteen years of experience field recording and creating sound effects. He's also the creator of Specimen and author of the Battles of the Zombie Apocalypse books.

Joe GriffinJoe has been a professional sound engineer, composer and designer for over 20 years, and has created music and sound designs for theatre, film, television and advertising. His work has been heard on major TV networks, radio stations and in movie theaters all across the United States. He lives in Chicago with an ever-growing collection of microphones and guitars.

Praise for Toxic Bag Sound Products:

“A pretty creepy collection…Made the hair on my neck stand on end…a must have!” –Brian’s Small Press Picks, Knights of the Dinner Table

“…guaranteed to make them jump…would be a “Sound” addition to your GM’s bag of tricks.” –GameTime magazine

“Every hero needs theme music, and now even the lowliest dungeon-crawler can have some…just the right sound for just the right moment. Diehard game masters – the kind who have painted miniatures for every adventure and spend considerable time assembling props for their games – are going to love this collection.” –Kenneth Newquist, SciFi.com

“Are you one of those DMs who can mimic a fabulous array of voices and make convincing sound effects during the game? Me neither. For those of us with a limited vocal range, Toxic Bag Productions has come to the rescue with a series of sound effects for your roleplaying campaign.” –Dragon #284

"We came up to the main gym. Those things were packed inside like sardines. Just standing there, they didn’t make a sound, they just stood. As soon as we pushed inside the room, they all turned and moved on us. We advanced shoulder to shoulder, firing as we went. Around me I could see soldiers disappear into the crowd of zombies. Like a sinking ship slipping beneath the waves. By the... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 205: July 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. This month: We have three new Eldritch Horror Soundpacks, and more news about SPECIMEN! Plus a pop culture update.
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 206: August 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. This month we come to you live from GenCon! No, not really. But it kinda sounds like it. We've got a new set of Sci-Fi commercials for your RPG, and a new Print-on-Demand item for Specimen.
The original provider of Sound Effects for... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 207: September 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product, a new quick start rules for Specimen, an interview with Ele Matelan and we announce our first ever podcast contest!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 208: October 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product, we announce the winners from the first round of our podcast contest and we also ask this month's question! All that plus the Pop Culture update!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing,... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 209: November 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product, we announce the winners from the second round of our podcast contest and we also ask this month's question! All that plus the Pop Culture update!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing,... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 209: November 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We’ve got a new sound product, we announce the winners from the third and final rounds of our podcast contest and we interview the director and lead actor of A Klingon Christmas Carol!
The original provider of Sound Effects... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 301: January 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and the folks from Burning Brigid stop by to talk about their new project "Sleep Study."
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 302: February 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and this year's first edition of the 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table.... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 303: March 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and our beloved 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 304: April 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and our beloved 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 305: May 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and our beloved 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 305: June 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and our beloved 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 308: August 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product and our beloved 'Pop Culture Update.'
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 309: September 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. We've got a new sound product, our beloved 'Pop Culture Update,' and a new dramatic segment!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming... [click here for more]

This was once a place of sanctuary, a last resort. But that was long ago. Now it is a shattered hulk of a building, offering nothing to the weary traveler but some brief shelter from the cold wind. Local legends whisper of something dark that has taken up residence here. But this blasted ruin is home only to a murder of crows. Or is it?
“Abandoned Keep” is a background sound of a desolate... [click here for more]

We are sorry to inform you that all shuttle flights have been cancelled. We hope to resume service as soon as possible. Have a nice day.
You responded to the distress call, but you may be too late. This is an immense space station, the kind that should have lots of residents, shops, and so forth. But there seems to be no one here. There’s still power; you can hear... [click here for more]

You may be able to find a more wretched hive of scum and/or villany, but this bar actually does serve droids. Aliens from all over the galaxy stop in to this watering hole at the edge of the neutral zone. Different species drink, talk, gamble and make deals. You may even find a fast ship to take you where you need to go...
Alien Cantina is ten minutes long and loops seamlessly.... [click here for more]

“The giant insects hovered over me, staring right through me with their multi-faceted eyes, their wings a blur as they floated on the air. As they darted back and forth, the deadly points of their stingers glinted in the light of my torch. As I cautiously began to ease my way out of the hive, they gathered to attack!”
Beehive Interior is a background sound of the inside of a massive... [click here for more]

Your sense of your physical self falls away as you drift into the spaces between the electrons…your consciousness is now connected with the global computer infrastructure. Bits of code, scattered fragments of data flash by you like so many digital fireflies. The traditional sense of physical space is meaningless here, so you note with some amusement that you can “see” the Razgon... [click here for more]

War is coming. For weeks now, the beating of drums has been heard in the distant hills and through the forest. Always pounding, calling forth the warriors of darkness for the first assault. The only question is, when will the attack come?
“Distant Drums” is a background sound of native drums pounding in the distance. While ideally suited for a Fantasy RPG,... [click here for more]

Thick black smoke trails behind the Dwarven ship as its primitive motor propels it across the waves. The huge steam engine, which drives two large paddles at the back of the vessel, gives off the smell of whatever the Dwarves are burning for fuel at the moment – sometimes wood, sometimes coal, sometimes much more disgusting things. “Dwarf Ship” is a background sound of a Dwarven... [click here for more]

5 December, Moderate gales from SWbyS and fair weather, though cold. Came across a derelict ship 200 leagues from port. She was still under full sail but with no crew aboard. Sails tattered, ship yawing slightly. We boarded to investigate and while we found a full cargo hold, all staterooms and cabins were empty. There was no one aboard. So ends. – Captain’s Log, HMS Browne ... [click here for more]

“The mountain exploded into the night sky. Massive sulphurous clouds along with rocks were hulred into the air as the ground shuddered violently. Slowly the reverberating sound faded away. It was soon replaced by the cacophonous sound of a river of molten lava making its way down towards the valley.”
Lava - Volcano is a background sound of a volcanic lava flow that bubbles, hisses and... [click here for more]

“Captain, there are two Razgon warships entering the quadrant.” “Go to Red Alert.”
You know what happens next. Can’t you just picture the red light flashing over there next to the lift door?
“Red Alert” is a six-minute, loopable sound of klaxons and sirens for use in your science-fiction... [click here for more]

We take you back to the post-apocalyptic world of our Road Wars: The Compound siege scene. The residents of the compound now make their escape in a big rig, and the motor gang gives chase. This high-speed chase scene includes crossbow and shotgun attacks, Molotov cocktails and blown tires. The effect is ten minutes long and loops seamlessly.
The original provider of Sound Effects... [click here for more]

Road Wars: The Compound is a background sound of a large motor gang laying seige to a fortified settlement in a postapocalyptic wasteland. The effect is ten minutes long and loops seamlessly.
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently offer more... [click here for more]

You’ve crafted your universe and created the PCs. Everything is in place to begin your epic RPG Campaign for galactic domination. All that’s left is to add that final element: sound. Toxic Bag’s Science Fiction Toolkit gives you the audio building blocks to help create worlds that, before now, the players had only imagined. Designed for use with any RPG system, the... [click here for more]

Blowing up a perfectly good space ship is not a natural act. But maybe it’s not in mint- or near-mint condition any longer. Perhaps there’s an engine core breach. Or maybe the Razgons have taken over the bridge and have control of the ship and the only way to draw them away is to start the self-destruct sequence and hope they abandon ship…
Whatever’s happening, you’ve... [click here for more]

Square in your ship's path are Sirens, crying beauty to bewitch men coasting by; woe to the innocent who hears that sound! He will not see his lady nor his children in joy, crowding about him, home from sea; the Sirens will sing his mind away on their sweet meadow lolling. There are bones of dead men rotting in a pile beside them and flayed skins shrivel around the spot. Steer wide; keep well... [click here for more]

Deep Space – Echo Quadrant 3H-8 – The fully loaded commercial freighter T.C.S. Brown, its seven-member crew in suspended animation, is making the return run to Earth. In the cargo hold lies Dr. Viktor, also in suspended animation, and the mysterious specimen containers that came on board with him.
Awoken from their slumber to repair the damage caused by a meteor collision,... [click here for more]

Deep Space – Echo Quadrant 3H-8 – The fully loaded commercial freighter T.C.S. Brown, its seven-member crew in suspended animation, is making the return run to Earth. In the cargo hold lies Dr. Viktor, also in suspended animation, and the mysterious specimen containers that came on board with him.
Awoken from their slumber to repair the damage caused by a meteor collision,... [click here for more]

This Print on Demand product is the Game Screen from "Specimen," professionally printed and shipped direct to you. Some assembly required.* Deep Space – Echo Quadrant 3H-8 – The fully loaded commercial freighter T.C.S. Brown, its seven-member crew in suspended animation, is making the return run to Earth. In the cargo... [click here for more]

From the captain’s chair at the center of the bridge, you stare at the viewscreen. Around you the crew are at their stations – navigation, helm, sciences, communication and where that guy from engineering sits sometimes. Somewhere out there, just past that moon, lies the border of Razgon space.
Wait, that’s no moon…
“Starship bridge”... [click here for more]

You left spacedock three days ago. The journey to the Razgon homeworld is almost half over. Like a stellar heartbeat, the low rumble of the hyperdrive engines is audible everywhere you go on this immense ship.
“Starship rumble” is a ten-minute*, loopable ambience of a low-frequency rumbling noise, perfect for space-travel oriented science fiction adventures.... [click here for more]

You stand at the floor-to-ceiling windows at the back of the gondola and watch the city fade into the distance. In a mere 50 hours, you’ll be at your destination. Behind you, the steady hum of the airship’s propellers becomes a soothing drone, and only occasional gusts of wind remind you that you’re thousands of feet in the air. This is the only civilized way to travel, you... [click here for more]

"...Please stand by to receive a transmission from the Akagi Corporation."
Your band of mercenaries has been hired for a special recruitment operation. Your target is a key scientist from a rival corporation. Here are all mission details including target information, time, location and opposition. Delivery is expected within 72 hours. End transmission.
Toxic Bag Story... [click here for more]

"You stand in the presence of the wise Oracle of Amarna." Sent to discover why the land is dry and the crops are failing, your players seek the advice of the young Oracle of Amarna. Renowned throughout the region for her soothsaying prowess, the Oracle and her aged father greet the party on a high plane in a mystic place. The young woman falls into a deep trance and channels the... [click here for more]

"...Lie down, bub, you're dead..."
A medical examiner begins an autopsy on a man who seems to be the victim of a ritual murder. But it turns out the victim might not be all the way dead...
Toxic Bag Story Starters are short audio scenes that serve to set up the beginning of your adventure and start your players on their quest. Use them to kick-start an epic campaign... [click here for more]

Time Machine Int
Sophisticated and urbane as they are, the residents of twenty-first century London nonetheless stare in amazement at the empty space your craft occupied mere moments ago. Now you are on your way to Ancient Rome, or the Razgon homeworld, or the fabled Tenth Planet in our solar system, destroyed in a cataclysm two thousand years in the past. Standing in the gleaming white control... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 02: April 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. Steve’s zombie book is now available. Also, this month we continue our conversation with our friends Eric Van Tassell and Alan Vuchichevich about playing Specimen.
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 03: May 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. This month there's a new zombie sound product and the latest update on the Specimen board game.
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table.... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 204: June 2014
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. This month there's a new science fiction sound effects set with over 45 minutes of sci-fi sounds, and the latest update on Print-on-Demand cards for the Specimen board game.
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 310: October 2015
Find out what’s new with the lads from Toxic Bag Productions. What's coming out of the Bag in 60 seconds, 3 questions with the Ginormous, and an interview with Ele Matelan!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 311: November 2015
Find out what's new with the lads from Toxic Bag. This month: A new postapocalyptic road wars sound, time travel mishaps and a conversation with game marketing guru Lys Galati!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table.... [click here for more]

Toxic Bag Podcast, Episode 312: December 2015 STAR WARS! This month's podcast takes you to the theater to witness preparations for the new Star Wars movie, plus a new Space Cantina sound, Jedi Mind Mail and more!
The original provider of Sound Effects for Role Playing, Toxic Bag brings over 20 years of sound effects experience directly to your gaming table. We currently... [click here for more]